On the surface this seems like a good thing. If industry is going to benefit financially from publicly supported research then it makes sense that they have some skin in the game. But here is what caught my attention and raised my ire:
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The Board shall adopt written standards to govern ownership of any intellectual property rights derived from the collaborative efforts of the Foundation.
The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2013 will require Federal agencies with research expenditures over $100 million to create publicly available repositories of journal articles. It is basically an extension to all Federal agencies of the National Institute of Health's open-access provisions mandating that the public have access to the results of the research they funded.
If the people pay for the research, even part of the research, the results belong in the public domain. It's that simple. This language in the Farm Bill is just wrong. It needs to be changed to make sure that the public's intellectual property is not given away and locked-up forever. Write or call your Senators!
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The Senate doubled the amount of money to be put into this new Foundation when they passed the bill. The new amount of taxpayer dollars is $200m. Once it is created, it's your best guess how much money will get funneled into this new entity.
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